Bottle-case.



F. DISTLER.

BOTTLE CASE. APPLICATION FILED JAN.5,19I6.

Patented Dec. 5, 1916.

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FRANK DISTLER, OF OFALLON, ILLINOIS.

BOTTLE-CASE.

Application filed January 5, 1916.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, FRANK Drs'rnnn, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of OFallon, in the county of St. Clair and State of Illinois, have invented a new and Improved Bottle-Case, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

My invention relates to bottle cases of the type in which provision is made for holding bottles upright and for holding other bottles inverted and disposed between the upright bottles.

Objects of my present invention are to provide a case in the interior body of which all the bottles will be accommodated, and to provide novel means to securely hold the several bottles in position.

Other objects and the advantages of my invention will appear from the specific description hereinafter given.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings forming a part of this speciflcation in which similar reference characters indicate corresponding parts in all the views.

Figure 1 is a perspective view of a bottle case embodying my invention showing bottles therein, the lid or outer cover of the case, being shown raised; Fig. 2 is a transverse vertical section of the case with bottles therein and with the lid of the case closed; Fig. 3 is a plan view of my improved case showing the lid raised and an inner cover, forming part of the case, being partly broken away; Fig. 4: is a perspective view of the inner cover; and Fig. 5 is a detail in perspective, showing a corner iron hinge element to be hereinafter referred to.

The body of my improved case is rectangular and may be oblong or square. In the said body 10 on the bottom 12 thereof, crossing partition strips 11 are provided. The crossing strips may be disposed oblique to the sides of the body 10 as in theillustrated construction, or otherwise arranged as may be preferred so that they form substantially rectangular pockets or compartments in-the case at the bottom, of a size to separately hold upright bottles A.

In order to accommodate the tops of inverted bottles B, disposed between the upright bottles A, recesses 13 are produced at the intersections of the crossing strips 11. The height of the body 10 is such as to ac= commodate both the upright and inverted bottles with the bottoms of the inverted bot- Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Dec. 5, 1916.

Serial No. 70,446.

tles slightly below the top of the body as clearly shown in Fig. 2. The walls of the recesses 13 hold the tops of the inverted bottles from lateral movement either longitudinally or transversely of the case. I provide an inner cover 14 near the top of the case and connected therewith by a hinge 16, the cover being at such an elevation in the body 10 as to contact with or lie close to the tops of the upright bottles A. The said cover 1 is, moreover, formed with openings 15 therein, through which the inverted bottles protrude when the said inner cover is in the closed position. Thus, the cover 14: serves to maintain the inverted bottles separated and out of contact with each other and maintains the upright bottles against vertical movement. The cover lat is depressed so that it presents front and rear longitudinal flanges, or sides, 17, 18, and vertical flanges or ends 19. Also, an outwardly disposed horizontal flange is produced on the inner cover 1%, at the upper edge thereof, to rest on the upper edge of the body 10 when the cover is in the closed position. The cover 1.4 is preferably of sheet metal and the flanges, 17, 18, 19, there of, not only serve to strengthen the cover but also to firmly brace the same against the walls of the body 10. Moreover, the engagement of the cover 14 with the inverted bottles, is in a plane sufliciently be low the bottoms of the bottles to firmly sustain the same.

The hinge 16, for the cover 14:, includes end pintles 23 on the rear flange 18 of the said cover and these pintles are adapted to be received in knuckles 24 on angle-iron hinge elements 25, secured to the body 10 at the interior. The forwardly extending side members of the angle irons 25 are se cured by suitable fastening devices 26, such as screws or the like, to the ends of the case 10, while the rear members of the angle iron hinges are secured by rivets 27 The rivets 27 serve also to secure the hinges 28 of a lid 29, to which the butts 30 of said hinges 28 are secured, said butts being con nected with the hinge members 28 by links 31 in the present example, so that the cover may be swung clear of the top of the body 10, as indicated in dotted lines, Fig. 2.

The lid 29, when in the closed position, lies sufficiently close to the bottoms of the inverted bottles 13 to prevent any material vertical movement of said bottles so that the tops thereof will not be displaced from the recesses 13.

Any suitable latch devices may be employed to hold the cover in the closed position, there being indicated conventionally a latch element 22 on the case extending through a recess "21 in the inner cover 14: and adapted to coact with any suitable catch 32 on the lid. At the ends the body 10 is formed with hand-holes 33 as is customary With cases of this character. Also, binding straps 34 are applied to the body 10.

Having thus described my invention I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent:

1-. A bottle case including a body having crossed partitions at the bottom thereof forming pockets adapted to receive bottles in an upright position, there beingdepressions in the upper edges of the said partitions at the intersections thereof, and the said depressions being adapted to receive the tops of inverted bottles, an inner cover for the upright bottles, said inner cover being hinged to the body at one side to swing in a vertical plane and adapted to lie, when in the closed position, in a plane to cover and lie close to the tops of the necks of the bottles in the said pockets, there being openings in the cover adapted to permit the protrusion of'the bottoms of the inverted bottles, and an upper lid disposed at the top of the body above said inner cover, the said body extending at such a height above the partitions as to dispose the bottoms of the inverted'bottles adjacent to the inside of the said lid to be held by the latter against vertical i said upwardly extending flanges, to rest on the upper edge of the body, there being openings in the said cover in vertical alinement with and larger than the depressions in the partitions and the cover being at a height above the bottoms of the depressions to permit the protrusion of invertedbottles through the said openings with the tops of the inverted bottles in the said depressions, and a lid on the body at a height above the depressed inner cover for the said lid, when closed, to lie adjacent to the bottoms of the protruding bottles.

3. A bottle case including a body, crossed partitions in the body at the bottom, forming pockets to receive upright bottles, said partitions having depressions in the upper edges thereof in the intersections, a depressed inner cover in position to lie above and adjacent to the tops of upright bottles and formed with openings therein in line with the said depressions, the said depressions being adapted to receive the tops of inverted bottles and the openings in the said inner cover permitting the protrusion of the bottoms of the inverted bottles above the said cover, and a lid above the inner cover and adapted, when closed, to lie adjacent to the bottoms of the inverted bottles.

4:. A bottle case adapted to receive a series of upright bottles and a series of inverted bottles between the upright bottles, crossed partitions in the body at the bottom forming pockets to receive the upright bottles and having depressions in the upper edges thereof at the intersections to receive the tops of inverted bottles, a hinged inner cover disposed in a plane to lie adjacent to the tops of the upright bottles and having openings for the protrusion therethrough of the bottoms of the inverted bottles, the said depressions being adapted to receive the tops of the inverted bottles, a lid above the inner cover, and lying, when closed, adjacent to the bottoms of the inverted bottles, corner irons rigidly secured to the interior of the body at the corners and hingedly connected with the inner cover straps at the outside of the body and hingedly connected with the said lid, and fastening means extending through the said corner irons, through the back of the body, and through the said straps. V

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in the presence of the subscribing Witness. 7

FRANK DISTLER. Witness:

MYRoN'E. VVIEGMANN.

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